Johnson County, Indiana thru Partnership for a Healthier Johnson County Esperanza Ministries Windrose Health Care introducing the new Health Care Team.

Johnson County, Indianathru

Partnership for a Healthier Johnson CountyEsperanza Ministries

Windrose Health Care

introducing the new

Health Care Team

Enhancing the healthcare team

Together we make a difference one life at time!

1Grass RootFacilitation

System

3Immigrant

Advocacy Development 2Front Line

Clinical Care

Grass Root Facilitation System1

• Johnson Memorial Hospital• Franciscan St. Francis Health • Community Health Network• Johnson County Health Departmentand…

Hundreds of individuals from businesses, schools, churches, agencies, and neighborhoods

To plan and implement collaborative, measurable strategies to improve the health of the residents of Johnson County.

Mission

6 ACTION TEAMS& 17 Health Initiatives

Access to Care

Maternal & Child

Care

Behavioral Health

Wellness

Tobacco

Asthma

Purpose of Action Teams?

• Determine priorities/needs annually• Identify existing resources & services/avoid

duplication• Establish and oversee task

force/subcommittee to: plan, implement & evaluate strategy

• Develop plan/policy/system to sustain strategy

HHW/HIP Dental Veterans Transportation

Access to Care

Community Health Workers rise to the need in

Johnson County

Healthcare for most of

county

Retention in HHW

Increase Enrollment

Producing Results !!

2004: 2,6642012: 14,845 (including Package C)

The Need

Stakeholders identified

System Created

System Implemented

Families Enrolled

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of the community they serve. This trusting relationship enables CHWs to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. 

CHWs also build individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy. (American Public Health Association, 2008)

Definition

Judy Jacobs

…trusted members of and/or have an unusually close understanding of the community they serve.

A extraordinary example of a CHW!

CHWs also build individual and community capacity

Health and Wellness Speakers Bureau

2 Front Line Clinical Care

WINDROSE HEALTH NETWORK

Federally Qualified Health Centers

• Improving Patient quality of Care and provider productivity

• Navigate Patients through the process of Appling for Medicaid Hoosier Healthwise and Healthy Indiana Plan

Community Health Workers

=

• Healthy Happy Patients

• Coverage for out -patient testing and specialty care

• Help patients access Medications for free

• Patient Compliance-Chronic Disease Management

• Lead patients to accessing Social Service and Agency Assistance

Community Health Workers

=

• Coverage for out -patient testing and specialty care

• Patient Compliance-Chronic Disease Management

• Holistic Care wrapping services around the patient

• Work one on one with patients to help them understand their Chronic Disease and Treatment

• Serve as a liaison To the Patients and Providers. Patients become healthier and Providers become more productive.

Community Health Workers

=

• Empowers patients to manage their condition

• Value to Providers of Care

3 Immigrant Advocacy Development

Esperanza En Jesucristo Ministries

A Multicultural Center

Building Capacity

• Franciscan Alliance• Partnership for Healthier Johnson County• Johnson County Health Department• Indiana Minority Health Coalition• Indiana State Health Department

• Chin Community Center• Chin Churches• Burmese Churches• Hispanic Pastors• Hundreds of lay leaders

Building Bridges to:

• Reach the immigrant population through cultural and linguistic support• Teaching peers to help those in need for advocacy• Teach the consumer about the choices in health care available to them• Help the consumer navigate through the health care system• Teach leaders English and the nuances of healthcare• Teach leaders how to bridge gap in other determinates of health

Leadership Classes – developing health advocates

English for families to understand how to best use the; school system, healthcare system, legal system in the United States

English for those seeking employment and parenting classes to improve their quality of life.

Teaching English decreases the isolation

Through: • Cultural training• Translations• Interpretation• Cultural simulations

Understanding the immigrant that feels overwhelmed is key to helping them adjust to their new home. So we dedicate a lot of energy helping the majority culture community learn how to reach out in a culturally appropriate way.

Helping agencies reach the immigrant

Helping each other so that love can win!

Creating a community where we can help each other

Because Jesus taught us to do this.

Johnson County, Indianathru

Partnership for a Healthier Johnson CountyEsperanza Ministries

Windrose Health Care

introducing the new

Health Care Team